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geography assertion · geo_ammon_highland_settlement_distribution_1000_800

Geography assertion for place_ammon_highlands

Evidence confidence: low
Awaiting expert reviewSouthern Levant and biblical-period peoples research expansion
Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

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Geography and uncertainty

geometry type

dated_polygon

coordinate status

research_reconstruction

coordinate confidence

low

reconstruction method

Manual envelope around the Amman highlands settlement concentration described in regional syntheses. Sparse early evidence and later imperial descriptions prevent a precise border.

valid from

era
BCE
year
1000

valid to

era
BCE
year
800

explanation

Represents the core highland zone in which Ammonite political identity becomes visible. It is not a modern Jordanian boundary or an exclusive ethnic territory.

uncertainty warning

This polygon is a conservative research envelope derived from published distributions and site evidence. It is not a surveyed frontier, tribal allotment, modern border, or claim of exclusive sovereignty.

Evidence and sources

  • informs · supports distribution
    Ammon — Randall W. Younker (2014)

    Supports a highland-centred settlement and polity sequence.


    Locator: Ammonite archaeological and textual overview
  • informs · contextualizes
    The Ammonites: Elites, Empires, and Sociopolitical Change (1000-500 BCE) — Craig W. Tyson (2014)

    Provides a cautious social and political synthesis.


    Locator: pp. 1-44; early polity formation

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